KARACHI, Oct 16: Peshawar launched the defence of Quaid-i-Azam Trophy cricket title by dominating the first day’s play of their Gold League fixture against Rawalpindi at the Arbab Niaz Stadium on Sunday.

The hosts ended the day at four without loss after Rawalpindi were bowled out for 152 in their first innings once Wajahatullah Wasti elected to field first upon winning the toss.

Only Usman Saeed stood out for the visitors with 66, which was laced with nine boundaries.

Fazle Akbar and Nauman Habib captured three wickets each while slow left-armer Aslam Qureshi took two for 28.

The match started 90 minutes behind schedule because of overnight rain in Peshawar.

Scoreboard

RAWALPINDI (1st Innings):

Sohail Nasir lbw b Waqar 10

Mohammad Wasim lbw b Nauman 35

Babar Naeem c Yasir b Fazle 0

Naveed Qureshi lbw b Fazle 0

Usman Saeed c Zulfiqar b Aslam 66

Sohail Tanvir c Zulfiqar b Wajahat 2

Alamgir Khan c Nauman b Fazle 12

Sajid Mahmood b Aslam 6

Yasir Ali c Zulfiqar b Nauman 11

Rizwan Akbar not out 0

Najaf Shah c Zulfiqar b Nauman 1

EXTRAS (B-1, LB-2, W-1, NB-5) 9

TOTAL (all out, 54.1 overs) 152

FALL OF WKTS: 1-19, 2-21, 3-21, 4-81, 5-87, 6-114, 7-131, 8-151, 9-151.

BOWLING: Fazle Akbar 14-2-32-3 (1nb); Waqar Ahmed 12-3-41-1 (4nb); Nauman Habib 9.1-1-30-3; Wajahatullah Wasti 8-3-12-1 (1w); Aslam Qureshi 11-2-28-2.

PESHAWAR (1st Innings):

Yasir Hameed not out 2

Riffatullah Mohmand not out 0

EXTRAS (W-2) 2

TOTAL (for no wkt, 4 overs) 4

TO BAT: Shoaib Khan, Wajahatullah Wasti, Akhtar Sarfraz, Aftab Khan, Zulfiqar Jan, Waqar Ahmed, Nauman Habib, Aslam Qureshi, Fazle Akbar.

BOWLING (to-date): Najaf Shah 2-1-1-0; Yasir Ali 1-0-1-0; Sohail Tanvir 1-0-2-0 (2w).

UMPIRES: Nadeem Ghauri and M. Nazir Jr.